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. >> that is why the obama administration says it's makingg the epidemic a top priority. pro >> the president's 2014 budget that he released includes $23 billion to address hiv in hv the united states. >> reporter: an epidemic that h is now 30 years old. years in the district bob barnard, fox news. >>> straight ahead at 6:00 our 6 live team coverage of the attack as bass ton.as bas we arboston continues. conti we're going to gos go to bostone the next hour for a news of the update. >>> that makes us a fan of you, christina. for your chance to be tomorrow'r fan of the day, just like our facebook page and post a comment below christina's picture. pictr we're coming right back. we're going to check in with wih your morning commute and got an update on the weather as well. fox 5 morning news will be backl in a moment.
. >> that is why the obama administration says it's makingg the epidemic a top priority. pro >> the president's 2014 budget that he released includes $23 billion to address hiv in hv the united states. >> reporter: an epidemic that h is now 30 years old. years in the district bob barnard, fox news. >>> straight ahead at 6:00 our 6 live team coverage of the attack as bass ton.as bas we arboston continues. conti we're going to gos go to bostone the next hour for a news...
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dozens of protesters gathered in washington rallying against the obama administration's controversial drone program these protesters are rallying for an end to the use of armed drones in the middle east in asia and africa and everywhere else there's two elements about drones that aren't particularly insidious it means in a war can be waged a real war but all the bleeding is done on one side so it shields the american people from the horrors that progress nature of war and allows the wars to be carried on in secret you see in the iraq war there were massive demonstrations drones are are being used to make sure that the american people are not part of the political equation secondly drones are used to violate every nation sovereignty the obama administration flies them in wherever he wants and kills whoever he wants that's not legal the idea of killer robots attacking people from the skies flying overhead constantly is just i mean it's terrifying it's it's a scary sign of the future and it's a scary sign of the way warfare has changed and. the lack of transparency the american public de
dozens of protesters gathered in washington rallying against the obama administration's controversial drone program these protesters are rallying for an end to the use of armed drones in the middle east in asia and africa and everywhere else there's two elements about drones that aren't particularly insidious it means in a war can be waged a real war but all the bleeding is done on one side so it shields the american people from the horrors that progress nature of war and allows the wars to be...
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and the obama administration. drone are among the tools. if this is another method of fighting terrorism -- guest: you can look at our website. there is a great deal of work in this area. somese of force in circumstances may be permitted when there is a threat. permissible. when those boundaries are expanded, it would be unlawful. we think the government has done the right thing. has, the federal government done the exact right thing by crimeng this as a federal that has to be investigated. . want to hone in on this the military is somehow better than our intelligence professionals and other agencies. i think it does them a great disservice to imply that. havenforcement, the fbi their role in other areas. was a to confuse the two terrible mistake under the bush administration. obamaa good thing the administration is not making that mistake now. with the aclu.si thank you so much. clifford may, president of the foundation for defense of democracies. column.s a weekly thank you to you as well. the u.s. court- martia
and the obama administration. drone are among the tools. if this is another method of fighting terrorism -- guest: you can look at our website. there is a great deal of work in this area. somese of force in circumstances may be permitted when there is a threat. permissible. when those boundaries are expanded, it would be unlawful. we think the government has done the right thing. has, the federal government done the exact right thing by crimeng this as a federal that has to be investigated. ....
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also last month the obama administration announced it would transfer authority over the drone program from the cia to the pentagon how did the teligent agency get the power to wage war and later in the show is a your take by take a live segment your chance to call in and ask a question or make a comment live here. did you know this the f.b.i. has identified two suspects behind monday's bombings in boston although as of yet no information has come to light regarding the identities of these two individuals investigators have released surveillance video showing two backpack wearing males near the site of the attacks just minutes before the bombs went off photos are available at f.b.i. dot gov if you have any information call the f.b.i. is tip line at one eight hundred call if the i or go to boston marathon tips f.b.i. . you also need to know this although violence has dominated the news this week our government has once again failed to pass meaningful legislation that would go a long way toward curbing this country's ongoing plague of gun violence why our elected representatives are shil
also last month the obama administration announced it would transfer authority over the drone program from the cia to the pentagon how did the teligent agency get the power to wage war and later in the show is a your take by take a live segment your chance to call in and ask a question or make a comment live here. did you know this the f.b.i. has identified two suspects behind monday's bombings in boston although as of yet no information has come to light regarding the identities of these two...
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senior administration officials tell me that president obama will continue to be briefed on this situation throughout the evening. right now the white house is approaching this as an act of terror. i can read you the latest statement that we have from a senior administration official and i believe we have a graphic of that as well. any event with multiple explosive devices is clearly an act of terror and will be approached as an act of terror. however, we don't know yet who carried out this attack. and a thorough investigation will have to determine whether it was planned and carried outpy a troshist group, foreign or domestic. now i can tell you that is really the key question here tonight. was this carried out by a terrorist group homegrown? or a foreign terrorist group. and the white house just simply does not know. there are still a lot of questions about who is responsible for what happened today in boston. the president was made aware of the events at about 3:00 this afternoon. he was briefed on the situation as he pointed out in his remarks, he did make phone calls to mayor tom meni
senior administration officials tell me that president obama will continue to be briefed on this situation throughout the evening. right now the white house is approaching this as an act of terror. i can read you the latest statement that we have from a senior administration official and i believe we have a graphic of that as well. any event with multiple explosive devices is clearly an act of terror and will be approached as an act of terror. however, we don't know yet who carried out this...
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that's why the obama administration says it's making the epidemic a top priority. >> the president 2014 budget that he just released last week. includes over $23 billion to address hiv-aids in the united states. >> an epidemic that's 30 years old. in the district, bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> thanks so much for joining us tonight at 10:00. here's brian with the news edge at 11
that's why the obama administration says it's making the epidemic a top priority. >> the president 2014 budget that he just released last week. includes over $23 billion to address hiv-aids in the united states. >> an epidemic that's 30 years old. in the district, bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> thanks so much for joining us tonight at 10:00. here's brian with the news edge at 11
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that was the dream from ted kennedy through the obama administration. it ensures that every child in america had health coverage. it enensures that if you are sick you can't become bankrupt. i was very proud of that vote. i think it is something that modeled upon the massachusetts law. i voted for obamacare. i believe it is important, i blivet goes right to fundamental values in our state and in our country. i believe it is a right and not a privilege to have access to our health care. i voted yes and steve voted no. >> mr. lynch, 90 seconds. >> sure. let me address that. i don't think that is biggest difference, the biggest difference between ed and i, if you look at our records. i go back. ed is a policy guy. i'm a people guy. that's why i was explaining before that on all of these fights with the bank bailout, you know, ed was with the banks and i was with the people. on the fishing issue, i'm with the fishermen, the fishing families. ed is not. on homeland security issues, i'm with the firefighters, the nurses, the police, ed voted no on those issue
that was the dream from ted kennedy through the obama administration. it ensures that every child in america had health coverage. it enensures that if you are sick you can't become bankrupt. i was very proud of that vote. i think it is something that modeled upon the massachusetts law. i voted for obamacare. i believe it is important, i blivet goes right to fundamental values in our state and in our country. i believe it is a right and not a privilege to have access to our health care. i voted...
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most recently, the obama administration's stated that them $123iving million, and the opposition stated they wanted more than that. how can we defeat them when we are supplying them? at the same time, we have issues like benghazi and helicopter that had a hard crash landing in south korea this week, and nobody has covered that at all. texas connected to the boston marathon bombing? was that a cover-up so they could do what they wanted to do in west, texas? how much fertilizer was taken away before the explosion occurred? does anybody have any control over that? i just don't see how we can defeat al qaeda and terrorism if we continue to put everyone on frites welfare without giving any drug test and saying you have 30, 90 days to get on welfare and get off and get you a job, things like that. we just need to bring back our moral values and ethics and hold our politicians to a standard and make them stand up there and do what they said they would do. thanks for the call. his comments stand, unless you want to respond to anything he said. guest: is not uncommon for national security, natio
most recently, the obama administration's stated that them $123iving million, and the opposition stated they wanted more than that. how can we defeat them when we are supplying them? at the same time, we have issues like benghazi and helicopter that had a hard crash landing in south korea this week, and nobody has covered that at all. texas connected to the boston marathon bombing? was that a cover-up so they could do what they wanted to do in west, texas? how much fertilizer was taken away...
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administration unlikely but possible that they would choose to designate him an enemy combatant prosecute him in military court? >> to get into that discussion now is to get way ahead of the situation and a lot of speculation and conjecture. cases like this have been made countless times. you look at the world trade center case, many other cases have been done successfully here through our criminal justice system and my guess is that is the way it is going on this one as well. >> thank you so much. david kelley, i appreciate it. we're just learning that president obama will give a statement on the failed gun control amendment that will be in the rose garden at 5:30 p.m. eastern. we'll be right back. [ dog ] you know, i just don't think i should have to wait for it! who do you think i am, quicken loans? ♪ at quicken loans, we won't make you wait for it. our efficient, online system allows us to get you through your home loan process fast. which means you'll never have to beg for a quick closing. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. bonkers, look at me when i'm talking to yo
administration unlikely but possible that they would choose to designate him an enemy combatant prosecute him in military court? >> to get into that discussion now is to get way ahead of the situation and a lot of speculation and conjecture. cases like this have been made countless times. you look at the world trade center case, many other cases have been done successfully here through our criminal justice system and my guess is that is the way it is going on this one as well. >>...
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the obama administration knew about the sequester for months. there were three days notice to implement the furloughs that are now being blamed for these delays. there was no mention of the magnitude and impact of delays of these furloughs that were just right around the corner. it seems implausible that he did not know about them when he was testifying last week. was the administration hiding the ball from the travelling public? it seems like a fair question. guest: it is about what is the problem. the problem is how the sequester is impacting air-traffic. that is not the problem. the problem is the sequestration. thisfocus on air-traffic -- is about hiding the ball on those who are criticizing the faa. -- ike care of all this would say hearing congress criticized the sequester and criticizing the impact on the faa is like a guy who picks a big boulder and blames the boulder four is broken toe. law.ote the sequester we should fix the entire sequestration. host: this is from "the wall street journal." guest: because "the wall street journal" say
the obama administration knew about the sequester for months. there were three days notice to implement the furloughs that are now being blamed for these delays. there was no mention of the magnitude and impact of delays of these furloughs that were just right around the corner. it seems implausible that he did not know about them when he was testifying last week. was the administration hiding the ball from the travelling public? it seems like a fair question. guest: it is about what is the...
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the obama administration needs to direct the f.a.a. to review their current spending and use their existing flexibility to keep america moving as smoothly as possible. because ensuring the safe, efficient movement of the traveling public is a much higher priority than the administration's own travel, conferences, and consultants. not all government spend something created equally. and so this morning i'm calling on the obama administration and the f.a.a. to be smarter and more transparent about the sequester. now, that means prioritizing funding to ensure that flights are not needlessly delayed or canceled. if for some reason the president or f.a.a. don't believe they have the flexibility to address this issue, they should ask congress for the flexibility they need. until then, however, they should use the flexibility we all know they do have to ease the burden on passengers. but let's be clear: we wouldn't even be in this situation if the administration hadn't rejected the flexibility we offered them months ago, or if they'd done the
the obama administration needs to direct the f.a.a. to review their current spending and use their existing flexibility to keep america moving as smoothly as possible. because ensuring the safe, efficient movement of the traveling public is a much higher priority than the administration's own travel, conferences, and consultants. not all government spend something created equally. and so this morning i'm calling on the obama administration and the f.a.a. to be smarter and more transparent about...
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>> well, the obama administration has changed a number of things. and we have reason to believe that by executive order they -- that things are better. >> bill: that we're no longer engaging in torture? >> not that we can tell right now. the problem is this is done by executive order. it can be changed. we think the congress needs to come in, look at the laws, close the loopholes and make it very, very difficult if not impossible for future governments to come in and say torture is the thing we want to do. >> bill: now i have a question why you need a new law when there are already laws on the books. before we go to break, i doubt that your commission got into this question. i have to ask it. if we know that members of our government knowingly broke the law, why shouldn't they be held responsible and accountable for breaking the law? >> i think that's a good question. we did not get into that. as a panel, did not want to get into making those kinds of accusations. however, i think it is very important that the classified information be made public a
>> well, the obama administration has changed a number of things. and we have reason to believe that by executive order they -- that things are better. >> bill: that we're no longer engaging in torture? >> not that we can tell right now. the problem is this is done by executive order. it can be changed. we think the congress needs to come in, look at the laws, close the loopholes and make it very, very difficult if not impossible for future governments to come in and say...
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i strongly disagree with the obama administration's decision to roll out and in the combat the status for the suspect at this time. i believe such a decision is premature. it is impossible for us to gather the evidence in just a few days to determine whether or not this individual should be held for questioning under the law of war. the decision by the administration to try this individual in federal court is a sound decision. it is the right decision. military commission trials are not available in cases like this. i wrote the 2009 military commission act. i have been the judge advocate for over 30 years, along with the help of many colleagues. we created a system for foreign terrorists. we purposely excluded american citizens. i have all the confidence in the world in article 3 courts at the federal level. they do a terrific job. i have confidence in our military commissions system. the decision by the administration not to proceed in state court in massachusetts i think was the correct decision. the death penalty will be available at the federal level. this is clearly in my view a
i strongly disagree with the obama administration's decision to roll out and in the combat the status for the suspect at this time. i believe such a decision is premature. it is impossible for us to gather the evidence in just a few days to determine whether or not this individual should be held for questioning under the law of war. the decision by the administration to try this individual in federal court is a sound decision. it is the right decision. military commission trials are not...
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administration so could this be the case this time. well let me guess what's going to be certainly your right to state of massachusetts does not have the death penalty we do currently have thirty two states in the united states that recognize it but in federal criminal cases the the death penalty is in fact recognized and because this is treated as a federal criminal offense this is certainly what's going to be joe hart's or knives possible future now that this investigation unravels correspondent honest osteosarcoma has been and boston since the initial bombings actually happened and she will continue to bring us updates. so let's pause for a moment and take a look back at how the boston marathon bombing manhunt ended and the latest events to unravel over the weekend artie's own honest has a look back. mayhem took place here at an area still for an office at a sporting event that attracted tens of thousands of participants and thousands of spectators from all over the world two bombs went off just seconds apart from each other at the
administration so could this be the case this time. well let me guess what's going to be certainly your right to state of massachusetts does not have the death penalty we do currently have thirty two states in the united states that recognize it but in federal criminal cases the the death penalty is in fact recognized and because this is treated as a federal criminal offense this is certainly what's going to be joe hart's or knives possible future now that this investigation unravels...
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and the obama administration. are amongse, drones them. if this is another method of fighting terrorism that he would not allow the government to use. guest: if you want to look at our website, we have a great deal of information about our work in this area. the use of force in some circumstances is necessary, it may be permitted when there is a comment -- a concrete and and and threats. in the context of an actual armed threats. our concern is when those boundaries are expanded and actions are taken that would be unlawful. we also say women think the government has done the right thing. -- when we think the government has done the right thing. the federal government has done the exact right thing by as a federal crime that has to be the federal in criminal justice system. there is no basis to believe that the military is somehow better than our intelligence professionals and the fbi and other agencies. i think it does them a great disservice to the implied that spurred the military has its role in particular area
and the obama administration. are amongse, drones them. if this is another method of fighting terrorism that he would not allow the government to use. guest: if you want to look at our website, we have a great deal of information about our work in this area. the use of force in some circumstances is necessary, it may be permitted when there is a comment -- a concrete and and and threats. in the context of an actual armed threats. our concern is when those boundaries are expanded and actions are...
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i would urge the obama administration to use both systems. i spoke 45 minutes last night with this as a director of the fbi. all of us are wondering if the russians told us about this guy being a radical islamists in 2011, how could we dismissed it? according to the fbi, the report from the russians seriously. ,hey interviewed the suspect his family members, and those he went to school with and school officials. put his name to the system and found one incident of domestic violence. they sent that report to the russians and said you have any more, because they did not have enough. but never got a reply. they went to russia. how could we not know that? apparently, the misspelling of his name was said that he did not pop up in the system. did the intentionally misspelled did the russian airline get it wrong? i don't know. is the question we should be asking. let's assume the fbi made a diligent effort to make an investigation based on the russian information? frankly, for what they told me, that withstands scrutiny. untilow could we from 2012 t
i would urge the obama administration to use both systems. i spoke 45 minutes last night with this as a director of the fbi. all of us are wondering if the russians told us about this guy being a radical islamists in 2011, how could we dismissed it? according to the fbi, the report from the russians seriously. ,hey interviewed the suspect his family members, and those he went to school with and school officials. put his name to the system and found one incident of domestic violence. they sent...
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we are giving them, most recently, the obama' administration they would give them 120 $3 million. the opposition clearly that they wanted far more than that. yet we are giving them armor and stuff like that. how can we defeat them when we are supplying them? at the same time, we have some issues like benghazi and the helicopter that had the hard crash landing in south korea this week and nobody has covered that at all. west, texas connected to the bombing in boston? and how much fertilizer was taken away before the explosion occurred? is anybody have any control over that? you may come i just don't see how we can defeat al qaeda and terrorism, homegrown or foreign- born, if we continue to put with free welfare without giving them any drug test or saying you have 30 days to 90 days to get off of welfare and get a job. we just need to bring back our moral values and ethics and start holding our politicians to to make them stand up there and do what they said they do, and not get away with fast and furious. host of issues,, some directly related and some not. yes: it is not uncommon
we are giving them, most recently, the obama' administration they would give them 120 $3 million. the opposition clearly that they wanted far more than that. yet we are giving them armor and stuff like that. how can we defeat them when we are supplying them? at the same time, we have some issues like benghazi and the helicopter that had the hard crash landing in south korea this week and nobody has covered that at all. west, texas connected to the bombing in boston? and how much fertilizer was...
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how has in your opinion the obama administration focused on targeted killings effected our ability to gather intelligence and analyze situations in the middle east such as libya or reject? >> it's a very hard question to answer, but i will make the observation even the people involved didn't know there'd be a successful vacation. the fbi missed the fact that quarter of the seats in parliament will take another cell assess any jet and at the end of the day, the strategic warning to policy makers is ultimately what they should be doing. if the assessment of you and your colleagues that the mission has been deformed more paramilitary organization, that's a problem. >> thank you. now professor somin, do you see any tension between the obama and station are u.s. citizens that are captured eight in al qaeda must be tried in article iii courts in southern military commissions, but nonetheless can be summarily killed with drone strikes. is that all inconsistent? >> i don't and it's inherently inconsistent that when we consider someone as an enemy can not and if they really are, they can be ta
how has in your opinion the obama administration focused on targeted killings effected our ability to gather intelligence and analyze situations in the middle east such as libya or reject? >> it's a very hard question to answer, but i will make the observation even the people involved didn't know there'd be a successful vacation. the fbi missed the fact that quarter of the seats in parliament will take another cell assess any jet and at the end of the day, the strategic warning to policy...
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the obama administration has committed to sporting progressive, evidence-based programs that can make a real difference right away. and for the first time we're supporting and working to expand the use of ma lox sewn, a life saving overdose reversal drug so that first responders are prepared to safely handle individuals who are experiencing these life threatening opioid overdoses, and they help prevent more deaths associated, and this will help to prevent more deaths that are associated with the nation's prescription drug abuse epidemic. in 2010, changing the subject for a minute, in 2010 president obama eliminated mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of crack cocaine. we know that the disparity in sentencing particularly the impact that it had in the african-american community could be quite devastating. well, this is the first time, or that was the first time in 40 years that a mandatory drug incidents had been repealed. and that was done, by the way, in a bipartisan manner. and for the first time ever, we're institutionalizing a public health approach to drug policy thr
the obama administration has committed to sporting progressive, evidence-based programs that can make a real difference right away. and for the first time we're supporting and working to expand the use of ma lox sewn, a life saving overdose reversal drug so that first responders are prepared to safely handle individuals who are experiencing these life threatening opioid overdoses, and they help prevent more deaths associated, and this will help to prevent more deaths that are associated with...
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a lot of republicans have charged that the obama administration is actually trying to make this look worse, make sequestration look worse for the republicans and not taking steps to try and make this system better. ray lahood and company said, hey listen, you want us to save $400 million a year. we have to do it somehow. this is how we're doing it. take a look at airline stocks. today they're doing pretty good. i want to focus on southwest. it had a great year. so have all the airlines. they're up over 60% year-to-date. even if you look today the stocks are okay. but i'll tell you, if what they say is going to happen on sunday and monday here and going forward. those airline stocks are headed just the other way. if we have the kind of delays they're talking about, real quick before i get away, show the towers, if you have the pictures of the towers out here. what will this mean, these furloughs? there won't be enough controllers. o'hare will have to shut down one of its two air traffic control towers. that means fewer runways can operate and fewer flights can take off and land. they
a lot of republicans have charged that the obama administration is actually trying to make this look worse, make sequestration look worse for the republicans and not taking steps to try and make this system better. ray lahood and company said, hey listen, you want us to save $400 million a year. we have to do it somehow. this is how we're doing it. take a look at airline stocks. today they're doing pretty good. i want to focus on southwest. it had a great year. so have all the airlines. they're...
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under the obama administration, immigration agents can no longer arrest those who violate u.s. immigration law. immigration agents cannot arrest an individual for entering the u.s. illegally. we cannot arrest someone who over stays a visa. immigration agents are prohibited from enforcing laws regarding fraudulent documents and a dandy that by illegal aliens. agents are forced to apply the dream act, not to children in schools, but to adult inmates in jails. mmiething criminals back in nation, criminals who have insulted our officers, and who prey on children. at the same time, i.c.e. officers are punished and threatened by dhs and i.c.e. leadership, threatened with the loss of their jobs simply because they attempt to enforce the nation's immigration laws and provide for public safety. chosen togang 8 has ignore law enforcement officers, have a question i would like to ask them publicly. schumer, dickhuck durbin, john mccain, patrick leahy, lindsey graham, roark menendez, jeff blake, michael bennett's cut as united states senators, the representatives of the people, where have
under the obama administration, immigration agents can no longer arrest those who violate u.s. immigration law. immigration agents cannot arrest an individual for entering the u.s. illegally. we cannot arrest someone who over stays a visa. immigration agents are prohibited from enforcing laws regarding fraudulent documents and a dandy that by illegal aliens. agents are forced to apply the dream act, not to children in schools, but to adult inmates in jails. mmiething criminals back in nation,...
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administration. in the introduction, i go back to truman and show why and how that's the case. what this country has done for decades on palestine was, at best, conflict management. in fact, i think it amounted to conflict perpetuation, not in effect an effort to bring about or capable of bringin about a sustainable lasting palestinian israeli peace, and i argue where interests were seen in washington to be in play, these domestic political factors so important op on palestine and to confront israel were much less salient. they were not major considerations. in the cold war, the united states repeatedly overruled israeli preferences in order to achieve advantage over the soviet union, again and again and again. the united states did this in order to produce the three disengagement agreements. it did this to produce the egyptian israeli part of the camp david accord of 78 and the peace treaty with egypt in 1979. i had not read all the documents, and it was a revolution to me to see how much arm twisti
administration. in the introduction, i go back to truman and show why and how that's the case. what this country has done for decades on palestine was, at best, conflict management. in fact, i think it amounted to conflict perpetuation, not in effect an effort to bring about or capable of bringin about a sustainable lasting palestinian israeli peace, and i argue where interests were seen in washington to be in play, these domestic political factors so important op on palestine and to confront...
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. >> the obama administration has okayed the suspension of the suspect's miranda rights. is that a temporary suspension? >> reporter: yes, by law it is. it's called the public safety exception to the miranda rule. normally you have to tell someone they have a right to remain silent and if you don't, then you can't use anything they tell you in court. so that's why the miranda warning is given. but there is an exception. you don't have to do it if there's a possible threat to public safety. and here obviously there's a concern about whether there are potential accomplices. investigators say they haven't found any. or other explosives. they say they haven't found any of those either but that's what they want to ask him. and this exception probably begins to expire the moment you invoke it so it's probably no good for more than a day or two but nonetheless they can do that. afterwards they'll have to give him his miranda warning and say whether he'll continue to answer questions. the justice department says even in very serious cases like this, most people in custody do cont
. >> the obama administration has okayed the suspension of the suspect's miranda rights. is that a temporary suspension? >> reporter: yes, by law it is. it's called the public safety exception to the miranda rule. normally you have to tell someone they have a right to remain silent and if you don't, then you can't use anything they tell you in court. so that's why the miranda warning is given. but there is an exception. you don't have to do it if there's a possible threat to public...
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now it's frustrating to me that the obama administration, our president, would target an industry that's providing clean, affordable energy for our country, providing jobs in my district and across the country and keeping that electricity bill at home low for our families, but he is. and the second regulation that he is talking about is going to impact what's called coal ash and try to make it a hazardous waste. this is something that is not hazardous. and it is going to increase the cost of cement. now we need cement, we're building new highways, we need it in our building new homes, we need it for businesses that are building. why would we do this that's going to increase the cost of -- for that. we have in missouri five cement plants that provide 12,000 jobs, yet if this continues to go through, we're going to see an increase in cement costs. so here, gentlemen, we have two examples of regulations coming out of washington here. they are increasing the cost for our families at home and they're killing jobs and increasing our electricity costs. it's wrong and i will continue to stand ag
now it's frustrating to me that the obama administration, our president, would target an industry that's providing clean, affordable energy for our country, providing jobs in my district and across the country and keeping that electricity bill at home low for our families, but he is. and the second regulation that he is talking about is going to impact what's called coal ash and try to make it a hazardous waste. this is something that is not hazardous. and it is going to increase the cost of...
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and yet the obama administration is able to kill u.s. citizens without seeking an indictment or ever explaining to the american people. and these guys don't have a lot of credibility. and for them to say, this issue. i think must be sitting somewhere in his ranch in wyoming saying, man, barack obama is the man because he's able to continue this stuff in a way that a republican wouldn't have been able to. >> describe a little bit what it's like for people living in these drone zones. i think most people have no understanding. some people told me on those borders of pakistan are you living with the sounds of drones overhead all night long. mothers, kids, families knowing that a drone could drop any minute right in your village. >> today something extraordinary is happening on capitol hill. there is a hearing on drone strikes. general cartwright, one of the key officials in shaping the counterterrorism strategy will be testifying alongside a yemeni whose village was bombed last week. i met this young man when he was in yemen. very, very cre
and yet the obama administration is able to kill u.s. citizens without seeking an indictment or ever explaining to the american people. and these guys don't have a lot of credibility. and for them to say, this issue. i think must be sitting somewhere in his ranch in wyoming saying, man, barack obama is the man because he's able to continue this stuff in a way that a republican wouldn't have been able to. >> describe a little bit what it's like for people living in these drone zones. i...
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the obama administration knew about the sequester for onths. there were three days notice to implement the furloughs that are now being blamed for these elays. there was no mention of the magnitude and impact of delays of these furloughs that were just right around the corner. it seems implausible that he did not know about them when he was testifying last week. was the administration hiding the ball from the travelling public? it seems like a fair uestion. guest: it is about what is the problem. the problem is how the sequester is impacting air-traffic. that is not the problem. the problem is the sequestration. the focus on air-traffic -- this is about hiding the ball on those who are criticizing the faa. o take care of all this -- i would say hearing congress criticized the sequester and criticizing the impact on the faa is like a guy who picks a big boulder and blames the oulder four is broken toe. we wrote the sequester law. we should fix the entire sequestration. host: this is from "the wall street journal." guest: because "the wall street
the obama administration knew about the sequester for onths. there were three days notice to implement the furloughs that are now being blamed for these elays. there was no mention of the magnitude and impact of delays of these furloughs that were just right around the corner. it seems implausible that he did not know about them when he was testifying last week. was the administration hiding the ball from the travelling public? it seems like a fair uestion. guest: it is about what is the...
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under the obama administration, the e.p.a. has sought to regulate nearly every aspect of the energy industry. it implements rules that burden employers and kills jobs. insulting the taxpayers who fund the e.p.a., the administration refuses to release the scientific data upon which the burdensome regulations are based. this is entirely inconsistent with the president's stated commitment to lead the most open and transparent administration in history. the committee will continue to work to ensure the e.p.a. lives up to the president's transparency standard. the american people deserve to know all the facts, particularly since e.p.a.'s regulations on the energy sector have a direct impact on their daily lives. for example, the e.p.a. has opposed a technological innovation that provides good-paying jobs for many americans. the fracking revolution is changing the nature of american energy production. hundreds of communities directly benefit from the economic turn-around due to energy production made possible by the fracking technol
under the obama administration, the e.p.a. has sought to regulate nearly every aspect of the energy industry. it implements rules that burden employers and kills jobs. insulting the taxpayers who fund the e.p.a., the administration refuses to release the scientific data upon which the burdensome regulations are based. this is entirely inconsistent with the president's stated commitment to lead the most open and transparent administration in history. the committee will continue to work to ensure...
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administration is deporting a saudi national who is behind the bombings. it is the wild wild west. we were saying -- somebody made a good point in the paper yesterday, that it makes you almost wish for the days of the 6:00 pm news where you had to wait, but at least it was reasonably accurate and responsible. >> yeah, and the "new york post" and fox news have gone the way of making it up as they go along. cnn has fallen in this trap of so interested in beating everybody else by a couple of seconds that they will put something on the air that they haven't confirmed. and then they will say this may be speculation, but let me tell you. just report what you are seeing. especially like right now. you have reporters on the scene, who are 2 or 300 yards away. what are you hearing from them. >> stephanie: david we're going to let you go to you have can get it right at the top of the hour. >> all right. thank, stephanie. >> stephanie: all right. honey. >> we can confirm that the attack was caused by martians i'm sorry, i am told that is not true. >> stephanie: and
administration is deporting a saudi national who is behind the bombings. it is the wild wild west. we were saying -- somebody made a good point in the paper yesterday, that it makes you almost wish for the days of the 6:00 pm news where you had to wait, but at least it was reasonably accurate and responsible. >> yeah, and the "new york post" and fox news have gone the way of making it up as they go along. cnn has fallen in this trap of so interested in beating everybody else by...
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a policy decision the obama administration has made. he was a american citizen and naturalized last september and now a federal law, the national defense authorization act of 2012 that says american citizens cannot be tried in military commission. so it's not -- this debate is not a question about where he should be tried. the republicans who say he should be treated differently, their claim is that while they understand the civilian trial will go forward, they think he should be treated for now as an enemy combatant and questioned without any question about his rights, without any issue about whether information he gives would be used in his trial, and then turn back over to civilian authorities. but, clearly, the justice department will have none of that. that's not how it's going to go. >> he's in a boston hospital under heavy guard and serious condition including a gunshot wound to the throat but he is responding to some questions to a team the federal investigators in writing. any indication as to what he is saying or maybe perhaps
a policy decision the obama administration has made. he was a american citizen and naturalized last september and now a federal law, the national defense authorization act of 2012 that says american citizens cannot be tried in military commission. so it's not -- this debate is not a question about where he should be tried. the republicans who say he should be treated differently, their claim is that while they understand the civilian trial will go forward, they think he should be treated for...
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obama smoke on spoke on monday. chuck hagel had no doubts. >> any event with multiple explosive devices as this appears to be is clearly an act of terror and will be approached as an act of terror. >> meanwhile, house speaker john boehner says calling it terrorism doesn't really explain it? >> we can describe it a lot of different ways, but it was a terrorist attack of some sort. now, again, until we know who or why, i don't think we can further define it. >> president obama will go to boston on thursday to attend an interfaith service for victims of monday's attack. no word yet on whether he will speak at the gathering. bret? >> bret: wendell goler live on the north lawn. thank you. who do you think will eventually be found to have been behind these bombings? let me know on twitter. follow me at bret baier. still ahead, we will go live to a boston hospital to get an update on the injured there. when we return, almost everyone wants more security but what are you willing to give up to get it? free credit score's red
obama smoke on spoke on monday. chuck hagel had no doubts. >> any event with multiple explosive devices as this appears to be is clearly an act of terror and will be approached as an act of terror. >> meanwhile, house speaker john boehner says calling it terrorism doesn't really explain it? >> we can describe it a lot of different ways, but it was a terrorist attack of some sort. now, again, until we know who or why, i don't think we can further define it. >> president...
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but the obama administration has just decided to spend another $8 million to promote obamacare. it's going to hire a pr firm to promote health care exchanges amid low enrollment. it's a last ditch effort to prevent them from collapsing. the administration spent $20 million to promote obamacare in general. >> steve: he picked the wrong bishop to mess with. grant nielsen attacked a former female co-worker on her way to work. it happened in mill creek, utah. well, several people rushed to the rescue. one of them, a bishop with a samurai sword. >> jumped up, threw my clothes on, grabbed my sword and out i came. he was really taken aback that he was staring down a 29 inches of razor. >> steve: no kidding. well, the mormon bishop then yelled at him, i've got your dna and i've got your license plate. you are so done. the suspect then managed to get away, but later quite wisely, surrendered to the cops. >> gretchen: let's talk about the weather picture 'cause a lot of people on the east coast complaining. where is spring? more rain is the last thing people in the midwest want to see. ch
but the obama administration has just decided to spend another $8 million to promote obamacare. it's going to hire a pr firm to promote health care exchanges amid low enrollment. it's a last ditch effort to prevent them from collapsing. the administration spent $20 million to promote obamacare in general. >> steve: he picked the wrong bishop to mess with. grant nielsen attacked a former female co-worker on her way to work. it happened in mill creek, utah. well, several people rushed to...
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obama smoke on spoke on monday. chuck hagel had no doubts. >> any event with multiple explosive devices as this appears to be is clearly an act of terror and will be approached as an act of terror. >> meanwhile, house speaker john boehner says calling it terrorism doesn't really explain it? >> we can describe it a lot of different ways, but it was a terrorist attack of some sort. now, again, until we know who or why, i don't think we can further define it. >> president obama will go to boston on thursday to attend an interfaith service for victims of monday's attack. no word yet on whether he will speak at the gathering. bret? >> bret: wendell goler live on the north lawn. thank you. who do you think will eventually be found to have been behind these bombings? let me know on twitter. follow me at bret baier. still ahead, we will go live to a boston hospital to get an update on the injured there. when we return, almost everyone wants more security but what are you willing to give up to get it? [ female announcer ] re
obama smoke on spoke on monday. chuck hagel had no doubts. >> any event with multiple explosive devices as this appears to be is clearly an act of terror and will be approached as an act of terror. >> meanwhile, house speaker john boehner says calling it terrorism doesn't really explain it? >> we can describe it a lot of different ways, but it was a terrorist attack of some sort. now, again, until we know who or why, i don't think we can further define it. >> president...
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. >> this is a willful choice being made by this administration in order to inflict as disruptive as possess as possible on the american public and our economy all to further ear political agenda. >> bill: so it's all president obama's political agenda jim, and he's just doing this to -- you know to stir up some -- you know the public out outrage against the republicans in congress. >> it's unfortunate that we are being used as pons in their political chess match. but the finger pointing and name blame has got to stop and we need to start looking for solutions. they need to postpone the furloughs like they did the power closures last month, and let's come up with a solution. everybody agrees this is not the way to do business. so someone needs to show some leadership and sit down and get this resolved. >> is there a sense of when this will peak? >> as soon as memorial day weekend hits then you are going to start seeing some very serious delays. by then -- >> bill: which could not come at a worse time? >> oh, absolutely not. and then we have weather season that comes and the issue thi
. >> this is a willful choice being made by this administration in order to inflict as disruptive as possess as possible on the american public and our economy all to further ear political agenda. >> bill: so it's all president obama's political agenda jim, and he's just doing this to -- you know to stir up some -- you know the public out outrage against the republicans in congress. >> it's unfortunate that we are being used as pons in their political chess match. but the...
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i come back to the fact is the obama administration made a big mistake, don't pur see this. >> that's past history. we are not going to hold these people responsible. >> they should have. all right. speaking of the president, what's he up to today? hey, we will tell you when we come back. >> this is the full court press. "the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. [ music ] >> this is the bull press show. >> at the top of the next hour we will be talking to congressman michael quapano, head of the massachusetts congressional delegation. he represents the city of boston, and he will give us the latest on the investigation into that bombing at the boston mayorthon t meanwhile, peter, a little breaking news on that front. >> cnn has reported that they have found the lid to the pressure cooker. we know that this was a pressure cooker bomb on the roof of one of the buildings surrounding the marathon finish line. they are saying this is really a big deal. they already found parts of what looked like the bottom of it, charred and a mess but the lid on these things essentiall
i come back to the fact is the obama administration made a big mistake, don't pur see this. >> that's past history. we are not going to hold these people responsible. >> they should have. all right. speaking of the president, what's he up to today? hey, we will tell you when we come back. >> this is the full court press. "the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. [ music ] >> this is the bull press show. >> at the top of the next hour we...
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bush administration. so the president is treated better on cabinet nominations. evidence from the congressional research servicehat pr obama's circuit judges in his first term werensid ed more rapidly than president george w. bush's circuit judges. and senator grassley just pointed out that in the second term of president bush, he had one judge confirmed by this time. president obama has 13. on district judges, according to the congressional research service, during the first term of president obama, his district judges were considered a little more slowly than president george w. bush's, but the senate changed the rules earlier this year to cut down the postcloture debate time to make it easier to bring judges to the floor and get them through more rapidly. perhaps that's why the score is 13-1 with obama getting 13 judges and bush getting one in the same period of time in the second term. so i don't know where thi is coming from. in addition, we have never blocked a district judge by filibuster, neither party in the history of the senate, and in the circuit judg
bush administration. so the president is treated better on cabinet nominations. evidence from the congressional research servicehat pr obama's circuit judges in his first term werensid ed more rapidly than president george w. bush's circuit judges. and senator grassley just pointed out that in the second term of president bush, he had one judge confirmed by this time. president obama has 13. on district judges, according to the congressional research service, during the first term of president...
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. >> bill: in that first -- obama administration. do you see -- maybe a better chance because of the political political -- let's see realities facing the republican party? a better chance on immigration? >> well, i do think there is a better chance on immigration. i think at one point they have to decide which one are they going to do. i think when the republicans woke up the day after the election and realized latinos voted, i think that they -- >> bill: hello! did they ever! >> i think they had to come to grips with that reality. and so i think there is a better chance on immigration. we'll just have to wait and see. i sit on judiciary. i sat through, as a matter of fact, our first hearing was about immigration and it went on all day long. and what was very clear that day was that they could handle immigration reform up to citizenship. we will make you legal residents but we just can't go that far. i think donald trump was the one who told the truth. he went to the cpac conference. what did he say? he said 11 million democrats. [
. >> bill: in that first -- obama administration. do you see -- maybe a better chance because of the political political -- let's see realities facing the republican party? a better chance on immigration? >> well, i do think there is a better chance on immigration. i think at one point they have to decide which one are they going to do. i think when the republicans woke up the day after the election and realized latinos voted, i think that they -- >> bill: hello! did they...
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clearly even john kerry is not confident in the obama administration's versions of the verns -- events. kerry promised the committee that he would clear the air, in his words, though he also repeatedly used the phrase that clears the air needs to be done so we can move on to far more important issues. and i am so grateful to secretary kerry for taking that position. we do need to get to the truth. dead d at benghazi, the americans cry out for truth. hose who were harmed and hurt, americans there deserve the truth. opefully we will get that. mr. speaker, with so much suffering and anguish right now in america, it is still the greatest nation in the history of the world. and may god guide the leadership in this country, that we don't drop the ball and fail on our watch. that we show ourselves to be worthy recipients of the gifts of liberty given to us by prior nerations, all coming as the founders noted as a gift from god. ith that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair will entertain a motion to adjourn. mr. gohmert: at this t
clearly even john kerry is not confident in the obama administration's versions of the verns -- events. kerry promised the committee that he would clear the air, in his words, though he also repeatedly used the phrase that clears the air needs to be done so we can move on to far more important issues. and i am so grateful to secretary kerry for taking that position. we do need to get to the truth. dead d at benghazi, the americans cry out for truth. hose who were harmed and hurt, americans...
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it was the dream from harry truman through ted kennedy right through the obama administration. it ensured if you had a pre-existing condition you could not be denied coverage. it ensured that every child in america had health coverage. it ensured if you became sick, that you could not become bankrupt. 2/3 of all bankruptcies in the united states were because of illness. so i was very proud of that vote. and i think that it is something modeled upon the massachusetts law, and i voted for obamacare. i believe that it's important. i believe it goes right to fundamental values in our state and in our contry. -- our country. i believe it is a right and not privilege to have access to health care. i voted yes on obamacare. steve voted no. >> mr. lynch, 90 seconds. >> sure. that's one. let me just address that, that's probably not our biggest difference. the biggest difference between ed and i are really if you look at our records, and i go back, ed is a policy guy, and i'm a people guy. that's why i was explaining before that on all these fights with the bank bailout, ed was with the
it was the dream from harry truman through ted kennedy right through the obama administration. it ensured if you had a pre-existing condition you could not be denied coverage. it ensured that every child in america had health coverage. it ensured if you became sick, that you could not become bankrupt. 2/3 of all bankruptcies in the united states were because of illness. so i was very proud of that vote. and i think that it is something modeled upon the massachusetts law, and i voted for...
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clinton as the vice- presidentf obama. ll start off by touching my view is something is wrong when you say the u.s. is end andn the giving japan is always on the receiving end. must stand tall as an equal and responsible allied to the u.s. hard as ase must walk guardian of international goods, peace, prosperity, and democracy. thatas my grandfather's aspiration. -- japan'scurity security treaty, 1951 in san day,isco he wrote that one japan would work with the u.s. to maintainpartner the national order. 62 years later, that still holds. -- itmy belief hobbs that is my belief that japan has a noble responsibility to bring happiness and democracy in the world. that is why, ladies and gentlemen, japan must regain its economic power. that is why we are working hard to turn around our economy. make no mistake, we are pushing it not only for the sake of economic growth, we are doing aat precisely to make japan reliable ally. in march, we said we will be negotiations. last week, tokyo and washington reached an agreement about some
clinton as the vice- presidentf obama. ll start off by touching my view is something is wrong when you say the u.s. is end andn the giving japan is always on the receiving end. must stand tall as an equal and responsible allied to the u.s. hard as ase must walk guardian of international goods, peace, prosperity, and democracy. thatas my grandfather's aspiration. -- japan'scurity security treaty, 1951 in san day,isco he wrote that one japan would work with the u.s. to maintainpartner the...
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secretary, with regards to north korea, the obama administration has thus far pursued a policy that some has referred to strategic patience. will e that kim jong-un return to the negotiating table and return to denuclearization. we're in a situation where the current dictator has surpassed even his tyrant father and grandfather in unpredictability and recklessness. in a joint subcommittee hearing last week, i think most of our members agreed that the policy of strategic patience, if you want to call it that, has been a failure. i will get the questions out and then you can respond. the second is with reference to burma. certainly we've witnessed dramatic changes in that nation in the past two years, but i think we all agree there may well be some bumps in the road ahead. we applaud the reforms instituted thus far and certainly we're happy to see an emerging new political process last spring by elections, but we're also witnessing an escalation of ethnic violence. the military remains one of the most powerful actors in the country, and instead of working to curtail ethnic violence, it's t
secretary, with regards to north korea, the obama administration has thus far pursued a policy that some has referred to strategic patience. will e that kim jong-un return to the negotiating table and return to denuclearization. we're in a situation where the current dictator has surpassed even his tyrant father and grandfather in unpredictability and recklessness. in a joint subcommittee hearing last week, i think most of our members agreed that the policy of strategic patience, if you want to...
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asking the administration to reveal its legal basis for targeting killing and called for an end to the secrecy surrounding the use of drones. what's the purpose of the letter? >> this is the first time that all of the human rights groups in the united states including some that operate internationally as well all signed on to the same letter telling president obama that in our view, this is an illegal program. that this is a program that needs to end the way it's been operated. and that we also need to know a lot more about the program. >> bill: didn't the president say when john brennan's confirmation up and you were in, we talked about this before, that they were going to come forward with their guidelines and their policy and so we would all know when they used drones and who makes the decisions? >> well, they -- at that time, because to try to get john brennan confirmed to be c.i.a. director they let a few more pieces of the information about the drone program out. particularly to members of the senate intelligence committee. but once he was confirmed they slammed the door again an
asking the administration to reveal its legal basis for targeting killing and called for an end to the secrecy surrounding the use of drones. what's the purpose of the letter? >> this is the first time that all of the human rights groups in the united states including some that operate internationally as well all signed on to the same letter telling president obama that in our view, this is an illegal program. that this is a program that needs to end the way it's been operated. and that...
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then president obama declared the u.s. capitol janitors were getting a pay cut, but on further examination, that proved not to be true. customs and border protection initially told their employees, border agents, that they might be furloughed. however, a month into the sequester, customs and border protection walked back that claim and decided to make better use of departmental resources. the director of the national park service said that the sequester might lead to cancellation of washington, d.c.'s cherry blossom festival, but as all the visitors who flocked to d.c. could tell you, the festival went on as planned and the washington metro reported one of the highest ridership days in its history. with all of these bogus claims, it seems that the administration is desperate to prove that it wasn't crying wolf after all. for example, we're learning that the federal aviation administration is now deliberately engineering flight delays, deliberately engineering flight delays just as families gear up for their summer travel.
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officials under the bush administration bore responsibility for what it called the indisputable use of torture. the report also urged president obama to close the guantanamo detention camp which has been widely condemned by human rights groups. >>> it's been nearly four years since jackie lost her three daughters. jackie spoke exclusively with nbc's ann curry about her unbearable loss and her return to love and hope. >> i'm their mom and supposed to protect them and i didn't. you know, as -- it's hard to not blame yourself. >> you expected diane to protect your kids. >> um-hum. >> and now you're blaming yourself. >> i'm not blaming myself for the accident, i'm blaming myself for the not being here, you know, it's just, they're not here and i'm their mom. >> you can see more of ann's interview on "rock center with brian williams" friday night at 10:00, 9:00 central time. >>> now for a look at "what's trending today" our roundup of what has you talking online, new york yankees fans set aside their rivalry with the boston red sox third inning sing along to "sweet caroline." take a listen.
officials under the bush administration bore responsibility for what it called the indisputable use of torture. the report also urged president obama to close the guantanamo detention camp which has been widely condemned by human rights groups. >>> it's been nearly four years since jackie lost her three daughters. jackie spoke exclusively with nbc's ann curry about her unbearable loss and her return to love and hope. >> i'm their mom and supposed to protect them and i didn't. you...